The Xojo issue tracker doesn’t allow most robots to view the ticket link contents and this prevents the forum software from generating a useful preview of the issues links. Frustrated with having to open a new tab I set out to build a better solution
I’ve built Issues Linker, a menubar / trayitem app that will convert issues tracker links (or plain old ticket numbers!) into forum-friendly Markdown links with proper titles. Copy a link or ticket number to your clipboard, click the ladybug icon, and select Convert! When you hear the click your link is ready.
The menu item “Convert Clipboard Link” should be available. Select this item, and the app will make a quick request to pull the name of the ticket. When it’s done, a markdown formatted link is replaced onto your clipboard and you’ll hear a little “click” sound.
If you have *just* a number copied to your clipboard, the other item enables “Link From Ticket ID”
On Windows, that’s a TrayItem. This app was an experiment to abstract creating both a NSStatusItem and TrayItem using MenuItem. It was a fun success. I can now very quickly build apps like these.
@Tim_Parnell
Is it possible to make Issues Linker available via the web browser?
Most of the time I’m reading the threads on the forum on my iPad. It would be easier if I could go to a website and use the Issues Linker there.
Just my 2 cents.
There was a total of one user besides me. I’m working to migrate away from Xojo as a day job so I shut down the service. I contacted this solo user offering the web service source, but they have a lot going on and weren’t ready to take on the project.
I will contact you privately because I’m willing to share the code that interacts with the Gitlab API, but not my secret sauce that builds NSStatusItem apps in minutes.
